Good day all. Shortly after she took her seat in the House of Representatives, Alexandria Occasional-Cortex made a name for herself by driving away 25,000 high paying jobs that Amazon was ready to bring into New York.
She was rightfully hammered for that bit of stupidity, and you can bet whoever faces her in November 2020, of either party, is going to bring that up. Now she’s taking credit for Amazon’s decision to put 1500 jobs into New York, and not one in her district. Here are the details from Fox News:
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., was slammed on Friday night over what critics say is a “misleading” tweet touting a new report about Amazon bringing jobs to New York City.
Last summer, Ocasio-Cortez waged war against Amazon after the retail giant struck a deal with the state of New York to open a second headquarters in New York City, which would have brought 25,000 jobs to the city, in exchange for $3 billion in state and local subsidies. Ultimately, Amazon backed out of the deal.
That $3 billion would have been recovered in a year or two thanks to the massive new payroll coming in and the secondary effects of all those 6 figure jobs that went elsewhere. Of course, the Economics Major is incapable of doing basic math, and as far as she was concerned, was protecting all those vulnerable unemployed people from the horrors of having a job.
However, it was reported Friday that Amazon was leasing a 335,000-square-footoffice space in Manhattan that is set to bring more than 1,500 jobs into the city.
This is a far cry of what could have come into New York, no thanks to the bimbo from Brooklyn. That didn’t stop Representative Shit For brains from claiming credit for Amazon’s decision.
Ocasio-Cortez celebrated the news on Twitter.
“Won’t you look at that: Amazon is coming to NYC anyway – *without* requiring the public to finance shady deals, helipad handouts for Jeff Bezos, & corporate giveaways,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “Maybe the Trump admin should focus more on cutting public assistance to billionaires instead of poor families.”
She also posted a picture of herself sitting on the couch with the caption: “Me waiting on the haters to apologize after we were proven right on Amazon and saved the public billions.”
Well, I see that Occasional-Cortex is still having trouble with numbers. 1500 is a bit less then 25000 I believe.
Many took exception to the “victory lap” the freshman congresswoman made and pointed to the math of the jobs that were still lost from her battle with Amazon.
“Another day, another viral misleading tweet from AOC. Amazon is leasing office space in Manhattan for 1,500 employees, which is 6% of the 25,000 jobs its HQ2 in Queens (her district) was supposed to add,” The Daily Caller’s Peter Hasson said.
“AOC could have had 25,000 jobs in her district from Amazon, but now, Amazon is only offering 1,500 jobs using rental space OUTSIDE her district. She’s taking a victory lap for a 94% loss in jobs in NYC and 25,000 job loss in her district. Socialist logic is incredible,” political strategist Caleb Hull wrote.
Besides being mathematically challenged, AOC is also politically challenged as well. If she thinks claiming credit for 1500 jobs that aren’t going into her district, after costing her constituents 25000 jobs is a winner, then I’m surprised she is able to breathe unassisted. Her primary and the general election are going to be very interesting. She’s made a lot of the wrong sorts of enemies, starting with all the people who lost out on great jobs thanks to her big mouth.
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